Pie-dampening device.



PATENTED JAN. 3, 1905.

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PIE DAMPENING DEVICE.

[RM/mafia APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3, 1904.

I v wfzeadea fl-Ill UNITED STATES Patented January 3, 1905.

PAUL KOSCHIG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PlE-DAMPENING DEV-ICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,869, dated January 3, 1905.

Application filed October 3, 1904. Serial No. 226,906.

T0 at whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PAUL KOSCHIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago,in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pie- Dampening Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to adevice for dampening the edges of pies or pastry previous to baking.

It is now generally the practice in baking pies or pastry having a covering-crust to dampen the meeting edges of the upper and lower crusts by means of a brush dipped in a suitable liquid and then rubbed over the meeting edges of the crusts; but by such means dirt and dust which adhere to the bristles of the brush is deposited on the edge of the crust, and it is also a fact that by this method of dampening the edges of the crust the hair or bristles which compose the tuft of the brush will become detached from the brush and will adhere to the crust, causing delay while the same is removed therefrom.

My invention is of such construction that the above impediments in the operation of dampening are entirely removed and a device provided that will permit the operation of dampening to be quickly and thoroughly done.

The object of my invention is to provide a dampening device approximately the contour of the edge of a pie which will dampen the entire edge at a single operation.

Furthermore, the object of the invention is .to provide a pie-dampening device having means for retaining water or any suitable liquid for dampening the edges of a pie-crust, so that the meeting edges of the upper and lower crusts may adhere firmly in order to prevent the escape of the liquid from within the pie during the operation of baking.

F inally,the object of the invention is to provide a pie-edge-dampening device having means for retaining and discharging adampening liquid evenly over the entire edge surface of a pie-crust and which will possess advantages in points of simplicity, efiiciency,

and be of comparatively small cost to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,where in like characters denote corresponding parts in both views, and in which-- Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a View, partly in section, showing my invention in a position to dampen the edge of the lower crust of a pie.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a circular halftube made from any suitable sheet metal, preferably tin, and provided at each edge with a wire 2, which is secured to the sheetmetal by turning the edges over the wires. The function of the wire is to add strength and rigidity to the device without materially increasing the weight thereof. On the inside of the halftube I secure sponge, felt, or other suitable absorbent material 3. The absorbent material may be securely fastened to theinner surface of the half-tube by means of glue, paste, or any suitable adhesive substance; but I prefer the means, as shown in the drawings, wherein a suitable strip 4 of muslin or other suitable fabric is wound round the half-tube and absorbent material, entirely covering the surface of the absorbent material. The strip of fabric 4 prevents dust, dirt, or dough from filling the cavities of the absorbent material, and when the strip becomes worn or discolored from use it may be entirelyremoved and replaced by a new strip.

I provide a handle 5 for my device which comprises two wires having their central portion twisted and the ends diverging in opposite directions and secured to the half-tube.

'After the lower crust 6 of apie is placed in a pie-plate 7 and the edge of the crust pressed down to conform to the rim of the plate the dampening device after first being submerged in the dampening liquid is pressed down on the edge of the crust, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby forcing the dampening liquid out evenly over the entire surface of the edge of the crust.

The construction, operation, and advantages it is thought will be understood from the foregoing description, it being noted that various changes may be made in the proportions and details of construction without departing from the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a pie-dampening device, a circular half-tube filled with absorbent material suitably secured therein as and for the purpos set forth.

2. In a pie-dampening device, a circular half-tube, filled with absorbent material, se- 2 to this specification in the presence of two sub-- scribing witnesses.

PAUL KOSCHIG.

Witnesses:

HENRI R. BIoRN, A. KoETscHAN, Jr. 

